Machine for washing hose



(No Model.)

G. VILLENEUVE..

. MAGHINB POR WASHING HOSE. No. 425,642. PatentedApr. 15, 1890.

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MACHINE FOR WASHING HOSE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,642, dated April 15, 1890.

i Application tiled November 11, 1889. Serial No. 329,899. (No model.)

To CoZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE VILLENEUVE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsield, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented neT and useful Improvements in Machines for Vashin g Hose, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in machines for washing fire or other hose, the main objects of the invention being to provide more efficient means for accomplishing the cleansing of the hose and also to expel from the Washed hose much of the water which it absorbs as the same is subject-ed to the washing operation of the machine; and the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, all substantially as will hereinafter more fully appear, and be set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which said improved hose-washing machine is illustrated, and in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both Views.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the machine from front to rear, there being shown as passing within and through said machine the terminal portion of a fire-hose. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine.

In this machine the body thereof is comprised in and by a washing-box A, suitably supported on legs a or otherwise, said box having a discharge-opening b at its lower end. The top of said box is practically closed, there being, however, an opening CZ through the same which embraces but a portion of the area of the top. Within the upper portion of said washing-box is disposed and properly supported a coiled pipe B, the coils of which lie the one against the other in nearly horizontal planes, the inner sides of the coils being provided with numerous perforations f, and to both of the ends g g of the coiled pipe, which ends areproj ectedthrou gh the rear side Wall of the washing-box, is connected a water-supply pipe D, adapted to be connected with any pressure supply, as the city watermain. A closing and regulating valve 7L is provided in said pipe D. In one side of the washing-box is an opening c', through which to enter the hose, the hose being then carried up through the said opening CZ in the otherwise closed top of the washing-box. A pair of pressure-rollers E and F are provided within the said opening CZ and above the pipe-coils, the one E, as shown, being mounted in iixed bearings j on the top of the washingloX, While the roller F is mounted in bearings Z, which are supported on a horizontal sliding plate G, which acts as a door adapted to be slid over said opening CZ and, when it is so desired, to practically close the portion thereof which is not occupied by the roller E and the roller F carried on the for- 'ward extremity of said door or slide. lHorizontal transverse guideways m m are provided on top of said washing-box for said horizontal sliding door G, and to constitute a convenient means for moving said door and for securinga greater or less degree of pressure by the roller F thereon against the roller E, or, what is strictly to the purpose, against the hose interposed between the rollers, I provide an angular lever, pivoted as at n, the one arm p of which serves as a handle and the other arm q engages a yoke r or other suitable xture on the said door. The said arm r is preferably capable of a springing action, and the handle-arm engages a notch-bar or ratcheted rackt on the rear upper edge of the washing-box A. On forcing upwardly on the said handle-arm p, freeing its under portion from engagement with the said rack, the lever may be so swung as to slide the door and roll F rearwardly, leaving the opening d unobstructed for the passage therethrough of the end of the hose having thereon the coupling. On swinging the said handlearm p inwardly the arm moves forwardly and forces the door and the: roller F toward and against the hose, which has been drawn up through the opening (Land pressesit against the other roller E.

Power is transmitted to the roller E by means of a fly-wheel I'I, having a crank-liandle u thereon mounted for rotation on the Aside of the box A, which wheel has affixed IOO the rotation of the said roller E, through the means described, the other roller by the frictional contact on the then moving hose will also be rotated; but to insure the more positive rotation of said roller F it is preferredto n provide, as shown, gears N and P on the arbors of said rollers E and F. The said gears N and P are provided with quite long teeth, whereby they may be Vin mesh even when the perlpheries of the pressure-rollers are considerably separated, as would occur during the passage of quite bulky ,hose between said rollers.

Above and. inside of thel opening iforthel entrance of the hose into the washing-box is a guiding-ro1ler u to insure the free' running of` the hose, and around the sides and under saidl opening is provided an `apron w, havingan? inwardly-directed i pitch, `whereby any spray whichmayzissue from Ythe box and fall upon;` said apron will be directed back intoithe box, and said apron also assists in guiding ther` hoseas it is drawnthrough themachine.

It will `ot course be `understood that all ot" the water entered 'under pressure at each end of thcpipe-coitis expressed orsprayedffroni within said coils with considerable force upon all sides of the hose passing upwardly throughj the washing-box.

WhatIclairn as'lny invention is- '1. In a machine for washing hose,.avertiy cal washing-box having a dischargeopening at its lower end, and openings therein, substantially as described, whereby a line of hose? may be drawn through said box, combined;` with a coil of perforated pipe within said box connected, as described, with a suitable 4Wag; tersupply pipe, two pressure-rolls to compress l said hose hung to rotate above said pipe-coil, and suitable mechanism, substantially as described, for imparting a rotary motion to one of said pressure-rolls, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a machine for washing hose, a washing-box having a discharge-opening at its lower end, and openings therein, substantially as described, whereby a line of hose may be drawn through said box,v combined with a coil of perforated pipe within said box, connected, as described, with a suitable water-supply pipe, a pressure-roll E, fixed on an arbor at the upper end of said box, a pressure-roll hung to rotate in bearings on a sliding support, whereby said roll is movable toward and from said roll E, alever engagingwith said support to impart said sliding L'movement thereto, and suitable mechanism, substantially as described,forimparting a rotary motion to Aone `of said 'pressurehrolls substantially as set forth.

8. In combination, the i washing-box "A, the pressure-roll E, fixed on an arbor y, the rollsupport G, sliding in ways on theend of said box, the pressure-rollF, hung to rotate `on said support, the elbow-lever pivoted on said box and having an arm q Aengaging with said support, and a'notched bar t, with which the other arm p of said lever-engages, whereby said support is maintained in proper position, and-suitable mechanism, substantially4 as described, for imparting a rotary motion to said pressure-rolls. V l

GEORGE VILLENEUVE. Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLows, G. M; OHAMBERLAIN. 

